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The UK Online Safety Act threatens net plurality.
ORG calls on the government not to centralise power in monopoly Big Tech. We need measures to introduce competition, so users can choose platform experiences they can trust.
Write to your MP #SaveOurSites ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp
#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #freedomofexpression #netplurality #ukpolitics #ukpol
In trying to tackle the worst of the web, we're harming the best of it.
In the face of onerous duties, sites may simply block UK users. And with it goes our right to access information.
That's why @wikipedia has launched a judicial review of the #OnlineSafetyAct.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j2gr8866o
#OSA #freedomofexpression #netplurality #OnlineSafety #ukpolitics #ukpol #wikipedia #SaveOurSites
Online safety duties disproportionately impact small and medium-sized businesses, even if run voluntarily.
Many sites are closing already, including a hamster forum, a local residents group and a video game that had been running for 19 years 🤷♂️
#OSA #freedomofexpression #OnlineSafety #ukpolitics #ukpol #bigtech #SaveOurSites
NEW REPORT: How to fix the UK Online Safety Act.
This broken legislation weighs heavy on small sites, exerting a burden that only Big Tech can withstand.
It further concentrates the market dominance of platforms that have incubated harmful content.
Instead we need greater user choice and voice over platforms.
Read more about our report ⬇️
#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol #onlinesafety #bigtech #SaveOurSites #netplurality
Wikipedia @wikimediauk are going to court over the UK Online Safety Act!
Saddling platforms with hefty duties and penalties under the new regime will cause many safe sites to fold.
We can't lose the best of the web due to laws that were meant to tackle the worst of it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j2gr8866o
#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #NetPlurality #ukpol #ukpolitics #wikipedia #freedomofexpression
The UK government must change the categorisation of sites under the Online Safety Act to protect net plurality.
Small and well moderated sites should be exempt from these duties to stop them from closing or blocking UK users.
Tell your MP to #SaveOurSites ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp
#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #NetPlurality #ukpolitics #ukpol #wikipedia #freedomofexpression
Wikipedia @wikimediauk are going to court over the UK Online Safety Act!
Saddling platforms with hefty duties and penalties under the new regime will cause many safe sites to fold.
We can't lose the best of the web due to laws that were meant to tackle the worst of it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j2gr8866o
#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #NetPlurality #ukpol #ukpolitics #wikipedia #freedomofexpression
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